Beyond the Tamagawa: light

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Friday, May 11, 2007

Friday, April 13, 2007

Sunday, March 25, 2007

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Speaking of black and white conversions, for some reason, many of mine become grainy---oh, sorry, noisy---when converted. Have used various ways, but much of the noise seems to be in the red channel. This one turned out ok as far as grain goes. I can always pretend the noise is like the grain of old TriX film.

Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Sunday at sundown

Nikon D70s with Tokina 12-24 aspherical at 12mm. f10 1/200 ISO 200

Saturday, March 03, 2007

7AM

Thursday, March 01, 2007

Monday Morning Rising Sun

On top

Saturday, February 24, 2007

Utsukushigahara, Nakano

Beautiful place, but very windy and extremely cold in the evening and

morning. When we went last week, the fog was so heavy one could barely see 20 yards ahead---at least on one of the 2 days we were there. Hard to photograph much in

that fog.

Sunday, January 28, 2007

Saturday late afternoon

Friday, January 26, 2007

When I was in high school, I found a photography book in the library about Japan. This was no ordinary Japan photo book as there was little in it that would would have been identified with the stereotypical Japan. As I recall, there were seascapes, landscapes, and other types of photos, but no temples, no shrines, no festivals, no geisha, and no shots of the intersection in front of Shibuya station. I was disappointed.

I wish I could recall the name of the book for I'd love to see it again. It comes close to my view of Japan. I don't think of the country or its people as weird, uniquely unique, Zen-like, or anything like that. It is a country, a people, and a culture that differs only by degree---when it does actually differ---from other countries. Just like every other country and culture on earth.

I no longer bother much with the typical "Wow, it's Japan" photos. I try to photograph things which for some reason interest me, or represent something to me, or perhaps I just like the colors, tones, shapes, or light. Perhaps disappointing for anyone looking for photos of Kinkokuji Shrine (though some are here), but those types are readily available anywhere. If nothing else, I will amuse myself with an expensive hobby.

(Since I am occasionally asked, I generally use Nikons: D300, D70s, or borrow my wife's D40. I occasionally use an old Olympus OM-1 for film, as well as Oly digicams, and a now sadly deceased Oly 35ED rangefinder.)

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